The Flight Lieutenant's Court Martial - Part 1
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A young white officer, bedevilled by the kidnapping of his girlfriend, leads a platoon of black soldiers along with irreplaceable construction experts and equipment across guerilla-infested mountains to build a critically needed airstrip on the west side of the Isle of St. Margaret's just days from its independence from Great Britain in 1973. On the way, he shoots his sergeant major to prevent a mutiny and the failure of the mission. The mission is ultimately successful but the political leadership determines to court martial him for the “murder of a noncommissioned officer whilst on a mission under arms”. The penalty is death by firing squad. Part One is the story of that mission, its near destruction by Communist guerillas, its ultimate success against impossible odds.
Title: The Flight Lieutenant's Court Martial - Part 1
Sales Rank: 173969 in Books
Author: John W. Cassell
Publisher: Amazon, 2007-04-03, Digital, 37 pages
- Licorice, Red, Black, or Yellow Dismay
- After an exquisite motivational speech from the leader, to his newly boot-camped men, the setting boomed large, street-marshal-charged, with a parade out of town to swells of a crowd:
>> They broke into wild cheers as we began moving down Highway One. Many threw ginger blossoms and palm fronds at the vehicles as they lumbered by. It was, I was told, the… More reviews
- Inventive and thought provoking
- A young Flt. Lt. leads his men into the unknown on a mission that may be vital or may simply be politically expedient. On the way, John Cassell weaves the threads of race relations, courage, threachery and death into a story that puts the reader into the shoes of the young man as he tries to overcome his inexperience and bring his men… More reviews
- A Military Short With Universal Appeal
- Cassell should stick to writing stories [such as this one] and let someone else do his product reviews. If you haven't read the product blurb "Cassell speaks about..." DON'T!!!! This story is one suspenseful circumstance after another. Besides the overall question of how they are ever going to make it, are the other situational ones leading up to the… More reviews
